Singlespeech
From Concordances and Characters
Singlespeech is the common speech among the ler.
[edit] Pronunciation
"Dh" is pronounced like the English soft "th" sound; "ai" is pronounced like the English long i. So, the word dhain is pronounced "thine".
[edit] Words and morphemes
- benon--freckles
- Berlethon--"paradreams", or daydreams
- dhain--the sex act
- dheni--no
- dheni, dheno, dhena--triple negative: "no, more no, most no"
- didh, pl. didhosi--adolescent
- fel--starry
- Ghen Disosi--fourteenth generation
- hanh--last
- hanh-dhain--last fertility
- hazh--child (<10 years)
- Hifzer--bastard
- Kanh--Earth-aspect
- Klanh--clan
- Klandormadh--foremother
- Lel Ankrenamosi--one who has forgotten
- liryan--sedgefield
- -loonh--intensifying suffix
- mnathman--wise person, or hermit
- muduraile--stop(imperative)
- Nerh--elder outsibling
- perzhan--196(14 squared--equivalent to 100 in base 14)
- pleth--overshirt
- Rodh, pl. rodhosi--parent
- Srith--Lady
- Starh, pl. starosi--elder
- Thes--younger outsibling
- Toli lon Tooron Mamnatheno Kurgandrozhad--"only the insiblings know the way of incest"
- Toorh--insibling
- Zerh--extra child
Singlespeech has been further developed since the publication of the Ler novels. Its present form, Layaklan, is documented by an extensive lexicon, available via the Institute for Applied Interrelationships [1].
